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 */
package com.aionlightning.chatserver.model.channel;

import java.nio.charset.Charset;
import com.aionlightning.chatserver.model.ChannelType;
import com.aionlightning.chatserver.utils.IdFactory;

/**
 * @author ATracer
 */
public abstract class Channel
{
	private final ChannelType channelType;
	private final byte[] identifierBytes;
	private final String identifier;
	private final int channelId;

	public Channel(ChannelType channelType, String identifier)
	{
		this.channelType = channelType;
		this.identifier = identifier;
		this.channelId = IdFactory.getInstance().nextId();
		this.identifierBytes = identifier.getBytes(Charset.forName("UTF-16le"));
	}

	public String getStringIdentifier()
	{
		return identifier;
	}

	public ChannelType getChannelType()
	{
		return channelType;
	}

	public byte[] getIdentifierBytes()
	{
		return identifierBytes;
	}

	public String getIdentifier()
	{
		return identifier;
	}

	public int getChannelId()
	{
		return channelId;
	}
}
